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Fatal Crash: Man Admits To Western Mass Wreck That Killed 1, Injured Another
A 59-year-old man admitted fault on Thursday, July 27, to a fatal Hampden County crash in 2021 that killed a motorcyclist and seriously injured his passenger, authorities said.
Aleksandyr Saykin, of East Longmeadow in Hampshire County, pleaded guilty to a charge of negligent operation of a motor vehicle, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said.
Niles N. Robbins, 46, of Wales, died on May 15, 2021, when Saykin crashed into his Harley Davidson motorcycle on Route 9 in Belchertown near the intersection of Ware and Enoch Sanford roads, the prosecutor said. Robbins …
Man Dies After Being Run Over By His Own Vehicle In Connecticut, Police Say
A Connecticut man was killed when his pickup truck rolled over him as he was trying to see why it would not go into reverse, according to authorities.
The accident took place around 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 5, when the Hartford man had pulled over on Ledyard St. and was trying to turn around, but the vehicle would not reverse, Lt. Aaron Boisvert, of the Hartford Police, said.
According to Boisvert, the unidentified victim got out, went behind the truck, and started looking under the truck when it rolled backward.
The man was knocked to the ground and the front tires of the truck ro…
25-Year-Old Woman Killed In I-84 Crash, CT State Police Say
The 25-year-old passenger of a vehicle that crashed in Connecticut died from injuries sustained after her driver lost control on I-84 and crashed, state police investigators announced.
Shortly after 7 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 12, police said New York resident Ronald Boire, age 60, of Warwick in Orange County, was driving west on I-84 in Hartford County, when 25-year-old Christine Shadajai Collins, of New Britain lost control and sideswiped him near exit 39 in Farmington.
According to police, the Collins lost control of the vehicle, struck and traveled through the metal guardrail next to the roa…
Woman Killed, Toddlers Hospitalized After Single-Vehicle Rollover Crash, CT State Police Say
A woman was killed and two young children were hospitalized after a single-vehicle rollover crash in Connecticut.
It happened just before 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10 in Hartford County, in Berlin.
A Chrysler Town & Country LX was traveling on Route 9 southbound, just south of Exit 23, in the left lane of two, Connecticut State Police said.
For an unknown reason, the driver lost control of her vehicle, said police.
The vehicle then traveled to the left and struck the metal beam guide rail located on the median, according to police.
It continued along the g…
